42-30150 Exterminator

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 24/4/43; Walla Walla 30/4/43; Rapid City 9/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-S] Horham 27/6/43; 9m, Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Fred Hodges, Co-pilot: Jim Peacock, Navigator: Bill Grody, Bombardier: Eleazar Moody, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Brown, Radio Operator: Bob Shafer, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Brooks, Waist gunner: Dick Porter, Waist gunner: Larry Burleigh,Tail gunner: Ernie Weaver (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked and then ship exploded, crashed in sea off Lathen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 214. EXTERMINATOR.

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Units served with

People

Eleazar L Moody

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735139
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

James W Peacock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742887
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Richard E Porter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33552422
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert Thomas Shafer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13090848
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Ernest E Weaver

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11084918
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Lathen, Germany 28 July 1943 - 28 July 1943 Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43. Cause - enemy aircraft attacked and then ship exploded, crashed in sea off Lathen, Germany; (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR214.

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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Sources

95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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AAM DB Entry.
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 214 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database